What is "comox"

Comox may refer to:

• Comox, British Columbia, a town on Vancouver Island on the Comox Peninsula
• CFB Comox, a Canadian Forces base near the above town
• Comox (electoral district), a provincial electoral district 1871–1986
• Comox (steamboat), a steamship built in 1891 in British Columbia which served until 1920
• HMCS Comox, several naval vessels
• Comox people, an indigenous group of Coast Salishan-speaking peoples in British Columbia
  • the Comox language, a Coast Salish language of the areas of Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia flanking the northern part of the Strait of Georgia
  • K'ómoks First Nation, aka the Comox Indian Band, the band government of the K'omoks aka the Island Comox
  • the Mainland Comox, referring to three groups: the Sliammon, Klahoose, and Homalco

Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency. The core of this once-vast riding, which at its inception stretched to the Yukon border, is now named Comox Valley.